The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-02-26

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them.
II saw madame 60 to your bureau in
the library" said the valet at the con-
clusion of his story.
M. Sasson went to the library and
examined the bureau.
my revolver has been removed he
said.
II Jaw madame quit the library"
the valet said, "holdlng by her side
something which was concealed by the
drapery."
In the evening Nine. Sasson discov-
cred that she had left a large sum of
money in her boudoir. She had i'm
mediate need of this sum and how to
get it was the subject of much thought.
She determined to say nothing of it to
her children for fear Charles should in
sist upon going to their former residence
for it, and thus perhaps be brought
into collision with his father. Finally
she devised a scheme. She had the
keys of the side entrance to the garden
and of a private entrance from the gar
den to the house. She thought that in
the darkness she'could easily find adj
mission to the dwelling-house, reach,
unperceived, the boudoir, procure the
money and return without any one
being the wiser for her adventure. To
get her children out of the way she
suggested that they should visit her
brother, who resided a mile away, and
communicate to him the step she had
taken. As soon as they were gone she
Quilted her sisters house unknown to
any one but her maid, whom she had
taken with her, and procuring a cab,
went to within a hundred yards of her
former residence in the Boulevard de
Neuilly. Directing the driver to wait
for her return, she went toward the
dwelling, opening the gate into the
garden with caution; she left it ajar
and crossed the lawn to a side door.
This she also left ajar, being afraid
that the closing of it might
arouse the inmates. Without
difficulty or molestation she
assembled the stairs and succeeded in
getting possession of the money. She
quilted the house, still leaving the side
door ajar, but, on passing out of the
garden she closed the gate and hastily
walked toward the cab. She reached
her sisters house before her children re-
turned, and without her absence hay
ing been noticed. The next morning
M. Sasson failed to call for his valet as
usual. After waiting for some time,
according to the Wallets statements, ne
went to his masters apartment and
found him lying in bed with a bullet
hole in his head. On the coverlet lay
his revolver. His watch and purse
were missing. His wardrobe had been
ransacked and his escretoire broken
open. There was no doubt that the
assassin was at work.
The judge of instruction and his off,
GERS investigated the case, and arrived
at the conclusion that murder and
robbery had been done. The valet told
what he knew about the family
troubles, and the fact Of Nine. Sasson
and her children having left their home
the previous day on account OF what
had passed between monsieur and his
wife and son. Then the valet related
the incident of the revolver. But how
had any one entered the houseP Jean
Chauban, the valet, testified that early
in the morning, as he was taking the
milk at the garden door, he observed
that the side door of the house was
ajar, and going in that way closed 1t
after him. The garden wall was high,
but an expert climber could easily scale
it on either side. The gendarme on
duty neal by testified that between ten
and eleven o'clock the previous night
he saw a cab standing within a few
hundred feet of the house. He spoke
to the driver, who said: "a very come
w woman has just disappeared by the
side of that house,
The cabman was easily found by the
police. Did he know the lady? No.
Where did he take her up? On the
corner of the Rue de Morny and the
Faubourg St. Honora. Nine. SEASONS
sister resided on the Rue de Morny near
the Rue de Pontheu. 1t was a very
painful conclusion to reach, but there
was no avoiding it-Mme. sasson had
assassinated her husband and the miss
ing articles were taken merely to Il +
aside suspicion. She had lived unhap-
PLY with him; he had determined to
reduce his establishment; he had struck
her! All these facts were testified to
bv domestics. Then came the episode
Of the pistol, narrated by the v"'et. and
the further fact, admitted by Nine
SEASONS maid when she was cleverly
captured on the street and removed to